A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Let’s start with the drooling and go from there as Chris King was at a showdown between Franklyn Kilome and a rehabbing Jameson Tallion. Kilome 94-96 with life. Breaking ball is much improved. Sharp, late bite at 79-81 #Phillies — 𝘾hris King (@StatsKing) May 14, 2015 Kilome's velo is so free and easy it's insane. … Read more
It was a rocky start for Shane Watson from the moment he was drafted in the supplemental first round of the 2012 draft. The big righty was diagnosed with diabetes soon after being drafted which limited his time in the GCL as he lost a lot of weight and strength. He bounced back in Instructs … Read more
It was announced on Saturday that the Phillies were demoting David Buchanan to AAA and calling up LHP Elvis Araujo. My initial reaction was of outrage that Severino Gonzalez would remain up on the major league roster despite showing in his last start that he was not major league ready. However, the Phillies might actually … Read more
Per Jim Peyton of Phuture Phillies, the Clearwater Threshers have activated RHP Victor Arano off of the disabled list (RHP Yacksel Rios was put on the DL). Arano had been dealing with shoulder tightness in camp, but was 93-94 over 4 innings in an Extended Spring Training game in his last outing. If Arano is … Read more
According to Jim Salisbury a major league source has indicated that the Phillies have put LHP Andy Oliver on waivers. Oliver, a former second round pick, was the second of two Phillies Rule 5 picks this past year. Oliver has shown huge control problems in the past (BB/9 the past three seasons of 6.7, 8.1, … Read more
The Phillies released minor league pitcher Perci Garner, a second-round pick in 2010. — Jim Salisbury (@JSalisburyNBCS) March 29, 2015 Garner was an athletic raw pitcher out of Ball State with a plus fastball and a power slider. Most people thought he was a fast track reliever, but the Phillies wanted to develop him as … Read more
Following the news of J.P. Crawford’s injury, the Phillies acquired SS Devin Lohman from the Reds. Lohman was a 3rd round pick out of noted SS factory Long Beach State, he played for AA Pensacola last year hitting .245/.310/.352 in 108 games. He is a light hitting shortstop with good hands and a very good … Read more
Per Jay Floyd of Phoulballz and Phillies Nation, former first round pick in the 2011 draft, Larry Greene Jr has retired from baseball. Greene was the #39 pick in the draft (the first selection for the Phillies) out of Berrien County HS in Nashville, Georgia. Greene was billed as having some of the best raw … Read more
Often minor league signings just go under the radar, whether a player just appears on a roster, on a BA transaction page, or just silently onto the official transactions page. These signings are not reported by beat writers, there is no press conference to announce. These players may never be impactful, but given that many … Read more
The last piece that Amaro had to move this offseason was Marlon Byrd, and given the amount of interest to this point a trade seemed almost certain. The trade ended up being Byrd plus a pile of cash to Cincinnati for RHP Ben Lively. Byrd should slot into LF for a Reds team that seems … Read more